[Week 1] [Week 2] [Week 3] [Week 4]
1st Qualifying Final: West Coast 18.17 (125) d Carlton 10.10 (70)
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2nd Qualifying Final: Brisbane 15.11 (101) d Essendon 15.10 (100)
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3rd Qualifying Final: North Melbourne 19.17 (131) d Geelong 9.17 (71)
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4th Qualifying Final: Sydney 13.12 (90) d Hawthorn 12.12 (84)
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1st Semi Final: Essendon 22.12 (144) d West Coast 8.19 (67)
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2nd Semi Final: Brisbane 26.14 (170) d Carlton 10.13 (73)
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Preliminary Final 1: North Melbourne 17.12 (114) d Brisbane 11.10 (76)
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Preliminary Final 2: Sydney 10.10 (70) d Essendon 10.9 (69)
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The 1996 AFL Grand Final
Saturday September 28
North Melbourne 19.17 (131) d Sydney 13.10 (88)
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Reserves Grand Final: North Melbourne 23.18 (156) d Essendon 7.10 (52)
North Melbourne won back to back Reserves Premierships.
Trent Nichols was the Gardiner Medallist (Reserves Season Best and Fairest)